What has been reported of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s luncheon meeting with newspaper editors on Monday (27) reveals the unenviable position he finds himself in. He seems somewhat upset that things are not moving in the direction he desires not...
People usually do not take the Local Government (LG) elections seriously. They are popularly called kaanu-bokku (drain-culvert) elections because the local government institutions deal with only minor matters such as repairs to culverts, roads, drains, etc., although they are expected to...
Sri Lanka is faced with multiple crises virtually on all fronts, and the crippling foreign currency crunch is widely thought to be the worst. Available foreign currency reserves are said to be barely sufficient for two more weeks, and...
What has made President Gotabaya Rajapaksa prorogue the parliament all of a sudden until 18 Jan. 2022? This is the question that the Colombo-based commentariat is trying to find an answer to. Various views are being expressed on the...
Sri Lankans have earned notoriety for ignoring warnings. They drive and ride like bats out of hell without caring a damn about warning signs on the roadside and meet with fatal accidents. Politicians also do likewise; they, too, turn...
Some SLPP dissidents have thrown down the gauntlet in what is going to be a crucial legal battle against the government. Political observers are watching the drama playing out at Huftsdorp with keen interest. They consider it unprecedented.
The government—the...
Atheists and nonbelievers in karma will have their work cut out to explain what is happening on Sri Lanka’s political front, especially the predicament of key political leaders and their parties struggling either to redo what they once undid...
Twelve years have elapsed since the conclusion of the war, which had led to countless explosions on civilian targets in many parts of the country. Today, on the watch of the very leaders who boast of having ended the...
Old habits die hard. During his speech at the Golden Gate Kalyani opening ceremony, on Wednesday (25) President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sounded just as he had done years before when he was the Defence Secretary in the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration....
Infighting between the SLPP and the SLFP has come to a head with former President Maithripala Sirisena and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa themselves issuing veiled threats, and their minions trading allegations and abuse freely in the parliament. Having backed down...
The current dispensation has apparently set a new Sri Lankan record; never has any other government made so many U-turn during the first two years in office. Its latest volte-face has been on its controversial agrochemical ban.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to...
Ex-President and leader of the SLFP, Maithripala Sirisena, is in the news again. A video of a Siyatha TV interview (17 Nov.) with him is doing the rounds on the Internet. Having maintained a very low profile for two...
